Resolutions for the New Year

We sometimes expect too much out of others I think.The person might not be capable but I might be able to go beyond....My New Year resolution (yes,its the Malayalam New Year-Vishu) tomorrow is not to have any expectations from anybody.By anybody,I mean anybody and everybody including my kith and kin.I keep repeating this to myself as some form of mantra,but as is human nature or rather "this" human's nature,I get stuck with the same point like a broken record. Great expectations always leads to even greater disappointment.I can tell this from bitter personal experiences.My parents never expected anything out of me.Not because they did not have faith in me.It was just their way of saying," we are not pressurising you into anything." I think that principle should apply to any situation.Behaving in an abnormal way because of some kind of pressure cannot help any person.Me being a very insistent character maybe demand too many things out of people who do not like that attitude.Lets see,how far I'll go with this resolution.The last time I had made a resolution was not to shed tears for anybody or anything.Well,I've violated that one from the beginning.But this is one I'm very firm on keeping.Lets hope the New Year brings with it new and renewed thoughts and ideas.